TheCrazySquirrel

Here is a new song to listen to. It is from Third Day’s Christmas Offerings.

I have two new favorite coaches. They are - Bobby Bowden of Florida State, and Mark Richt of the University of Georgia. Before today I wouldn’t have though much about Bobby Bowden except that he is a good coach and has been doing it a long long time. I didn’t even know mark Richt’s name. But today while I was eating lunch there was the “Coach of the Year” special thing on ESPN2. Here is why I made this sudden change.

Mark Richt is a Christian. Back in 1986 a Florida State player named Pablo Lopez died. That year Bowden got Richt to come and be on his coaching staff to coach Quarterbacks. After Pablo died, Bobby Bowden had a meeting with his players. What he talked about was the Gospel. Bowden asked his players and his assistants if they knew where they’d spend eternity. It was that day, after a seed was sown years before while he was a player, that Richt came to Christ. So that is why I like Bowden.

Richt is a devout Christian. I just watched a show and I heard more about his walk with Christ than I did football. I also heard about what he teaches his players and whats important to him, and then read about him too. He’s now my favorite coach. I might even become a Georgia Bulldog fan because of him. Now why can’t Baylor get someone with that kind of integrity, character, and faith to be their coach? Nothing against Guy Morris. I like him. He’s doing a good job with football, but I’ve yet to see a report about him that calls him ‘devout’ to the Lord. And seeing as Baylor is a “Christian” school……..well, at least we don’t have Dave Roberts as our coach. (as a side note - Kevin Steele, former Baylor coach who I worked for, is now on the Florida State coaching staff under Bowden)